The Diary Of Vaslav Nijinsky: Unexpurgated Edition
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: VG. Jacket: VG. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
One of the most electrifying performers of the twentieth century, Vaslav Nijinsky — the legendary Russian ballet dancer — poured his fractured brilliance onto the page in a raw, urgent diary written over just six weeks in 1919, shortly before madness claimed him entirely. The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky: Unexpurgated Edition, edited with a commanding introduction by Joan Acocella and translated by Kyril Fitzlyon, presents the complete, unredacted text of this extraordinary document for the first time — restoring passages long suppressed by his wife Romola, who shaped earlier editions to protect his reputation and her own. What emerges is a portrait of a mind at once visionary and unravelling: Nijinsky meditates on God, love, war, art, and the hypocrisy of civilised society with a strange, devastating sincerity. Acocella's scholarship frames the diary within the broader tragedy of Nijinsky's life — his meteoric rise under Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, his turbulent marriage, and his descent into schizophrenia — revealing it as both a spiritual testament and a cry from the abyss. For anyone drawn to the intersection of genius and madness, this uncensored edition leaves an indelible mark.
Author: Vaslav Nijinsky
Format: Hardback
Published: 1999, Allen Lane
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: VG. Jacket: VG. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
One of the most electrifying performers of the twentieth century, Vaslav Nijinsky — the legendary Russian ballet dancer — poured his fractured brilliance onto the page in a raw, urgent diary written over just six weeks in 1919, shortly before madness claimed him entirely. The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky: Unexpurgated Edition, edited with a commanding introduction by Joan Acocella and translated by Kyril Fitzlyon, presents the complete, unredacted text of this extraordinary document for the first time — restoring passages long suppressed by his wife Romola, who shaped earlier editions to protect his reputation and her own. What emerges is a portrait of a mind at once visionary and unravelling: Nijinsky meditates on God, love, war, art, and the hypocrisy of civilised society with a strange, devastating sincerity. Acocella's scholarship frames the diary within the broader tragedy of Nijinsky's life — his meteoric rise under Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, his turbulent marriage, and his descent into schizophrenia — revealing it as both a spiritual testament and a cry from the abyss. For anyone drawn to the intersection of genius and madness, this uncensored edition leaves an indelible mark.